WU Lingkang1, SHI Liangliang1, CHEN Chunmei1, et al. Effect of Yiqi Huoxue Huatan Method on the Transformation Growth Factor-β1/Smads Signal Pathway of Rats with Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(12): 1046-1049.
WU Lingkang1, SHI Liangliang1, CHEN Chunmei1, et al. Effect of Yiqi Huoxue Huatan Method on the Transformation Growth Factor-β1/Smads Signal Pathway of Rats with Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2011, 52(12): 1046-1049.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2011.12.029.
Effect of Yiqi Huoxue Huatan Method on the Transformation Growth Factor-β1/Smads Signal Pathway of Rats with Alcoholic Liver Fibrosis
Objective To explore the effect and mechanism of Yiqi Huoxue Huatan Method(treatment of reinforcing qi
activating blood
and dissolving phlegm) on alcoholic liver fibrosis rats.Methods Totally 120 SD rats were randomized into control group
model group
colchicin group
and small-dosage
medium-dosage
and large-dosage Chinese medicine groups
with 20 in each.Except the control group
the other groups were all treated with alcohol intragastric feeding [15ml/(kg·d)-1] to induce liver fibrosis.Meanwhile
the small-dosage
medium-dosage
and large-dosage Chinese medicine groups were given intragastric feeding with herbal decoction made by Yiqi Huoxue Huatan medicines
10g/(kg·d)-1
20g/(kg·d)-1
and 40g/(kg·d)-1 respectively.The colchicin group was administered colchicin [2mg/(kg·d)-1] by intragastric feeding.And the model group was applied equal amount of normal saline for intragastric feeding.Six months later
the rats were killed and their livers were obtained for observation.The severity of fibrosis was determined by using the HE dyeing.The transformation growth factor-β1(TGF-β1) expression and distribution in the liver tissues of all groups were detected with the immunohistochemical method.And the expression of TGF-β1 and Smads3
Smads4
and Smads7 nucleic acid in liver tissues of all groups was tested with RT-PCR method.Results The stage of fibrosis in the different dosage Chinese medicine groups and colchicin group was all different from that of the model group with statistical significance(P<0.05 or P<0.01).Compared with the model group
the expression of TGF-β1 in all Chinese medicine groups and colchicin group was significantly decreased(P<0.01)
and the decrease in the large-dosage Chinese medicine group was more significant than that of the colchicin group(P<0.01).The dosage of Chinese medicine was correlated with the expression level of TGF-β1
Smad3
Smad4
and Smad7 nucleic acid molecules after treatment.Conclusion Yiqi Huoxue Huatan method is effective to down-regulate the expression of TGF-β1
Smad3
and Smad4 mRNA and up-regulate the expression of smad7 mRNA.
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